Collar-holder.



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FRANK J. LE GLAIR', OF ATTLEBOBO, MASSACHUSETTS, tSSIt'rIilOB TO FBE- DAUGH'DAY C0., 0F CHARTLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPOBAELION'VOF MASSA- GH'USETTS.

COLLAR-HOLDER.

Specification o Lettersvlatcnt.

Application led Harch'la, 1918. SerialIe. walt-i6.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. Ln CLAIR, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of a specification.

This invention relates to a collar' holder more particularly for engagingfthe adjacent vedges f a soft or unstarched collar, to hold them'in position about the neck tie, and the object of this invention is to provide Isuch a holder which is adapted to clamp upon the collar and retain the same without the necessity of forming button-holes or otherwise piercing the collar.

With these and other objeetsin view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

inthe accompanying drawings:

Figure 1- is a perspective view illustrating myimproved collareholder in position on a collar.

F ig. 2 is an edge View of my improved collar-holder.

Fig. 3- is an edge view showing one end of the collar-holder as engaging the fabric of the collar.l

Fig. iis a perspective view showing a portion of the collar-holder; illustrating the arrangement of teeth which are adapted to engage and bite the collar fabric to prevent the holder from slipping thereon. f

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the front bar of the holder, which is made of resilient material preferably of metal, and having each of its ends folded back upon itself as at 11, and the extremity of eachy end being turned outwardly as at 12 against the inner face of the back bar i3.

Thisv back bar is preferably formed separate and independent of the front bar and of a similar resilient material and is attachedat its middle' portion 14 by rivets, or otherwise, thereto.

Each of the opposite ends of this baclr bar -is folded back upon itself as at 15 and its extremities are then turned inwardly as at 16 `forming a shoulder which is spaced from the inturned extremity 12 on the front-bar a distance sucient to permit the collar fabric 17 to be gripped therebetween. l The shoulder portion 18 of 'this back bar is arranged to turn the fabric sharply outward after being gri ped by the edge, of the extremity l2 on the ront bar, so as toclamp the fabric between the two opposing'edges, and so serve to prevent its slipping when gripped therebetween.

In some cases it is found desirable to provide a series of teeth 19 on the inturned edge of the extremity 12 so as to lbite into the co1` i lar to more securely prevent it from slipping.

Then again teeth or protuberances 20 may be formed on the inner face of the back bar, so as to engage the inner surface of the collar fabricV if desired, to further and more positively engage the collar fabric and prevent the same Yfrom slipping..

v matented Dec. 2d, i918,

When it is desired to release the holder y from the fabric it is only necessary to en' gage the ends l1 by the thumb and finger, then by springing the same forward the jaws at the entering mouth of the holder are opened permitting the holder to be read! ily withdrawn from its position on the co1- lar. l

The foregoing description is directed solelyr toward the construction illustrated, but I desireit to be understood that reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined andlimited only by the terms of the appended claim.

I claim: y

'A collar holder comprising a pair of oppositely disposed resilient bars attached together at their middle, the front, bar having each end folded back along itself into a loop manna. ne CLAIR..

Witnesses: v

' FRANK P. DAUGHADAY, RUTH E. CnossMAN. 

